Physical & aggregate · 2024
Turbidity in Albuquerque, NM tap water
Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (0.002 MCL). Measured value is 65.0× the threshold.
The measurement
| Statistic | Value | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
Minimum System-wide | 0.03 | 0.002 MCL |
Maximum System-wide | 0.13 | 0.002 MCL |
Verbatim from Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗
About Turbidity
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water.
High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
How Albuquerque, NM compares
3 of the 240 systems measuring Turbidity on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:
Nearby systems also reporting Turbidity:
People also ask
+Is there Turbidity in Albuquerque, NM tap water?
Yes — Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report lists Turbidity at 0.13. Albuquerque, NM's 2024 Consumer Confidence Report shows Turbidity at or above the federal limit (0.002 MCL). Measured value is 65.0× the threshold.
+What's the federal limit for Turbidity in drinking water?
The federal MCL for Turbidity is 0.002 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.
+What is Turbidity?
A measure of cloudiness from suspended particles in the water. High turbidity can shelter microbes from disinfection; the EPA enforces it through a treatment-technique standard.
+Which other U.S. cities have Turbidity over the federal limit?
3 of the 240 systems on The Water Map measuring Turbidity report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Birmingham, AL, Freedom District, MD, Albany, NY.
+Where does this Turbidity measurement come from?
This page reproduces the Turbidity entry from the 2024 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Albuquerque, NM water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/nm/albuquerque/2024/source.